Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's foil
# Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 30 July 1992. 46 fencers from 19 nations competed.

## Competition format

The 1992 tournament used a three-phase format roughly similar to prior years in consisting of a group phase, a double-elimination phase, and a single-elimination phase, but each phase was very different from previous formats.

The first phase was a single round (vs. 3 rounds in 1988) round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were 7 pools with 6 or 7 fencers each. The fencers' ranks within the pool were ignored; the overall winning percentage (with touch differential and then touches against used as tie-breakers) were used to rank the fencers. The top 36 advanced to the second phase, while the other fencers were eliminated.

The second phase was a modified, truncated double-elimination tournament. 28 fencers received a bye to the second round (round of 32), while the 8 fencers ranked 29–36 played in the round of 64. Fencers losing in the round of 64 were eliminated, while the remaining rounds were double elimination via repechages. The repechages (but not the main brackets) used a complicated reseeding mechanism. Ultimately, the 4 fencers remaining undefeated after the round of 8 advanced to the quarterfinals along with 4 fencers who advanced through the repechages after one loss.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final and bronze medal match.

All bouts were to 5 touches. In the second and third phases, matches were best-of-three bouts.

## Results

### Group round

Fencers were ranked by win percent, then touch differential, then touches against. This ranking, with adjustments to ensure that no two fencers of the same nation were in the same bracket (noted in parentheses), was used to seed the elimination round brackets.

| Rank | Fencer | Nation | Pool | Rank | Wins | Losses | Win % | TF | TA | TF - TA | Qual. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gertrúd Stefanek | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 13 | 17 | Q |
| 2 | Sin Seong-Ja | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 26 | 12 | 14 | Q |
| 3 | Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella | Italy | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 25 | 15 | 10 | Q |
| 4 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi | Hungary | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 29 | 21 | 8 | Q |
| 5 | Olga Velichko | Unified Team | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 23 | 7 | 16 | Q |
| 6 | Yelena Glikina | Unified Team | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 14 | 10 | Q |
| 7 | Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk | Poland | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 22 | 14 | 8 | Q |
| 8 (10) | Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza | Hungary | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 23 | 15 | 8 | Q |
| 9 (8) | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser | Germany | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 18 | 6 | Q |
| 10 (9) | Wang Huifeng | China | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 22 | 17 | 5 | Q |
| 11 | Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan | Romania | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 26 | 13 | 13 | Q |
| 12 | Isabelle Spennato | France | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 15 | 10 | Q |
| 13 | Margherita Zalaffi | Italy | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 26 | 17 | 9 | Q |
| 14 | Anna Sobczak | Poland | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 17 | 8 | Q |
| 15 (16) | Monika Maciejewska | Poland | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 17 | 8 | Q |
| 16 (15) | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo | Romania | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 24 | 17 | 7 | Q |
| 17 (18) | E Jie | China | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 18 | 7 | Q |
| 18 (17) | Thalie Tremblay | Canada | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 22 | 21 | 1 | Q |
| 19 | Caitlin Bilodeaux | United States | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 23 | 23 | 0 | Q |
| 20 | Claudia Grigorescu | Romania | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 20 | 13 | 7 | Q |
| 21 | Xiao Aihua | China | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 19 | 16 | 3 | Q |
| 22 | Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel | Israel | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 22 | 20 | 2 | Q |
| 23 | Giovanna Trillini | Italy | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 25 | 17 | 8 | Q |
| 24 | I Jeong-Suk | South Korea | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 24 | 19 | 5 | Q |
| 25 | Rosa María Castillejo | Spain | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 22 | 18 | 4 | Q |
| 26 | Tatyana Sadovskaya | Unified Team | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 23 | 19 | 4 | Q |
| 27 | Laurence Modaine-Cessac | France | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 21 | 18 | 3 | Q |
| 28 (31) | Gisèle Meygret | France | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 21 | 21 | 0 | Q |
| 29 (28) | Tamara Savić-Šotra | Independent Olympic Participants | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 22 | 23 | -1 | Q |
| 30 (29) | Yuko Takayanagi | Japan | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 24 | 25 | -1 | Q |
| 31 (30) | Sabine Bau | Germany | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 19 | 17 | 2 | Q |
| 32 (34) | Annette Dobmeier | Germany | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 20 | 18 | 2 | Q |
| 33 (32) | Fiona McIntosh | Great Britain | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 15 | 20 | -5 | Q |
| 34 (35) | Montserat Esquerdo | Spain | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 17 | 21 | -4 | Q |
| 35 (33) | Mary O'Neill | United States | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 11 | 21 | -10 | Q |
| 36 | Renée Aubin | Canada | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 14 | 24 | -10 | Q |
| 37 | Linda Strachan | Great Britain | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 11 | 24 | -13 | |
| 37 | Kim Jin-sun | South Korea | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 11 | 24 | -13 | |
| 39 | Molly Sullivan | United States | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7 | 21 | -14 | |
| 40 | Andrea Chiuchich | Argentina | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 15 | 25 | -10 | |
| 41 | Julia Bracewell | Great Britain | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 16 | 29 | -13 | |
| 42 | Sandra Giancola | Argentina | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 9 | 27 | -18 | |
| 43 | Yanina Iannuzzi | Argentina | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 11 | 30 | -19 | |
| 44 | Heidi Botha | South Africa | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 8 | 30 | -22 | |
| 45 | Elvia Reyes | Honduras | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5 | 30 | -25 | |
| 46 | Rencia Nasson | South Africa | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 3 | 30 | -27 | |

### Elimination rounds

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 1**

O'Neill was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Stefanek beating Maciejewska and I beating Castillejo to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Tremblay and Funkenhauser, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Wang, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. McIntosh won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Mary O'Neill (USA) | 3 | 0 | 32 | Fiona McIntosh (GBR) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Fiona McIntosh (GBR) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 32 | Fiona McIntosh (GBR) | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 17 | Thalie Tremblay (CAN) | 5 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | 17 | Thalie Tremblay (CAN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | Monika Maciejewska (POL) | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32 | Fiona McIntosh (GBR) | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Wang Huifeng (CHN) | 2 | 5 |
| | | | | 9 | Wang Huifeng (CHN) | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 24 | I Jeong-Suk (KOR) | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 9 | Wang Huifeng (CHN) | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) | 5 | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | 25 | Rosa María Castillejo (ESP) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 1**

**Repechage qualifiers 1**

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) | 5 | 5 | |
| 16 | Monika Maciejewska (POL) | 3 | 3 | |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 24 | I Jeong-Suk (KOR) | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | Rosa María Castillejo (ESP) | 2 | 5 | 5 |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 2**

Takayanagi was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Spennato beating Savić-Šotra and Grigorescu beating Aubin to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Xiao and Némethné Jánosi, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Velichko, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Zalaffi won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 5 | Olga Velichko (EUN) | 5 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 28 | Tamara Savić-Šotra (IOP) | 3 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Olga Velichko (EUN) | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 21 | Xiao Aihua (CHN) | 3 | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 21 | Xiao Aihua (CHN) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 12 | Isabelle Spennato (FRA) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Olga Velichko (EUN) | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | | 13 | Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 20 | Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| 29 | Yuko Takayanagi (JPN) | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 4 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 5 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 36 | Renée Aubin (CAN) | 5 | 2 | 6 | 36 | Renée Aubin (CAN) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 2**

**Repechage qualifiers 2**

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | Tamara Savić-Šotra (IOP) | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 | Isabelle Spennato (FRA) | 5 | 5 | |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 20 | Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 36 | Renée Aubin (CAN) | 5 | 3 | 4 |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 3**

Esquerdo was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Bortolozzi-Borella beating Bilodeaux and Czuckermann-Hatuel beating Aubin to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Sobczak and Guzganu-Tufan, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Modaine-Cessac, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Bau won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 3 | Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella (ITA) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Montserat Esquerdo (ESP) | 1 | 3 | 30 | Sabine Bau (GER) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Sabine Bau (GER) | 5 | 5 | | | | | 30 | Sabine Bau (GER) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 14 | Anna Sobczak (POL) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | 19 | Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | Anna Sobczak (POL) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 | Sabine Bau (GER) | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 | Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | 11 | Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 22 | Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 11 | Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) | 4 | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 27 | Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | 27 | Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | Yelena Glikina (EUN) | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 3**

**Repechage qualifiers 3**

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella (ITA) | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | Caitlin Bilodeaux (USA) | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 22 | Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Yelena Glikina (EUN) | 5 | 5 | 3 |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 4**

Esquerdo was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Sadovskaya beating Mincza and Meygret beating E to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Wolnicka-Szewczyk and Guzganu-Tufan, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Sin, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Lazăr-Szabo won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 7 | Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk (POL) | 4 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 26 | Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk (POL) | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 23 | Giovanna Trillini (ITA) | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | 23 | Giovanna Trillini (ITA) | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza (HUN) | 3 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23 | Giovanna Trillini (ITA) | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | | 15 | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 18 | E Jie (CHN) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 31 | Gisèle Meygret (FRA) | 2 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 2 | Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| 30 | Sabine Bau (GER) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 31 | Gisèle Meygret (FRA) | 3 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) | 5 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 4**

**Repechage qualifiers 4**

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza (HUN) | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 18 | E Jie (CHN) | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | Gisèle Meygret (FRA) | 3 | 5 | 5 |

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2**

The fencers were reseeded: the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 16 were reseeded as 1–8 while the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 32 but won the repechage qualifiers were reseeded as 9–16. For example, original seed #1 Stefanek was reseeded as #9 because she was the top-seeded fencer who had advanced through the repechage qualifiers. Seeds were adjusted to avoid rematches from the main bracket—Meygret and Sadovskaya were swapped to avoid a Meygret–Sin rematch. Original seeds are shown in parentheses in the brackets.

| R1 seed | O seed | Fencer | Nation |
| - | - | - | - |
| From round of 16 ||||
| 1 | 2 | Sin Seong-Ja | South Korea |
| 2 | 4 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi | Hungary |
| 3 | 7 | Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk | Poland |
| 4 | 8 | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser | Germany |
| 5 | 11 | Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan | Romania |
| 6 | 14 | Anna Sobczak | Poland |
| 7 | 17 | Thalie Tremblay | Canada |
| 8 | 21 | Xiao Aihua | China |
| From round of 32 and qualifiers ||||
| 9 | 1 | Gertrúd Stefanek | Hungary |
| 10 | 3 | Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella | Italy |
| 11 | 12 | Isabelle Spennato | France |
| 12 | 20 | Claudia Grigorescu | Romania |
| 13 | 22 | Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel | Israel |
| 14 | 24 | I Jeong-Suk | South Korea |
| 15 | 31 | Gisèle Meygret | France |
| 16 | 26 | Tatyana Sadovskaya | Unified Team |

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2**

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 1**

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 (2) | Sin Seong-Ja (KOR) | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| 16 (26) | Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) | 5 | 5 | 16 (26) | Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) | 6 | 6 |
| 9 (1) | Gertrúd Stefanek (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 8 (21) | Xiao Aihua (CHN) | 5 | 5 |
| 8 (21) | Xiao Aihua (CHN) | 6 | 5 | | | | |

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2**

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 2**

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 (11) | Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (ROU) | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 12 (22) | Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 (22) | Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 (22) | Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel (ISR) | 1 | 3 | | 4 (8) | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 (8) | Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (GER) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2**

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 3**

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 (7) | Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk (POL) | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 14 (24) | I Jeong-Suk (KOR) | 5 | 5 | 14 (24) | I Jeong-Suk (KOR) | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 11 (12) | Isabelle Spennato (FRA) | 4 | 5 | 6 (14) | Anna Sobczak (POL) | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 (14) | Anna Sobczak (POL) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2**

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 4**

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 (17) | Thalie Tremblay (CAN) | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| 10 (3) | Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella (ITA) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 (17) | Thalie Tremblay (CAN) | 1 | 3 |
| 15 (31) | Gisèle Meygret (FRA) | 4 | 4 | | 2 (4) | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 5 | 5 |
| 2 (4) | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

**Repechage round 3**

The fencers were reseeded again. Seeds 1–4 were given to round 8 losers, based on their original seeds (excluding adjustments to avoid having multiple fencers from the same nation in a bracket, which affected Köves and Nolte). Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the second round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

| R3 seed | R1 seed | O seed | Fencer | Nation |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| From round of 8 |||||
| 1 | – | 5 | Olga Velichko | Unified Team |
| 2 | – | 9 | Wang Huifeng | China |
| 3 | – | 23 | Giovanna Trillini | Italy |
| 4 | – | 27 | Laurence Modaine-Cessac | France |
| From repechage round 2 |||||
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi | Hungary |
| 6 | 6 | 14 | Anna Sobczak | Poland |
| 7 | 12 | 20 | Claudia Grigorescu | Romania |
| 8 | 16 | 26 | Tatyana Sadovskaya | Unified Team |

**Repechage round 3**

**Repechage round 3 bracket 1**

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 (5) | Olga Velichko (EUN) | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 (26) | Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) | 4 | 5 | 5 |

**Repechage round 3**

**Repechage round 3 bracket 2**

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 (4) | Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi (HUN) | 3 | 4 | |
| 4 (27) | Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) | 5 | 6 | |

**Repechage round 3**

**Repechage round 3 bracket 3**

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 (23) | Giovanna Trillini (ITA) | 6 | 5 | |
| 6 (14) | Anna Sobczak (POL) | 4 | 2 | |

**Repechage round 3**

**Repechage round 3 bracket 4**

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 (20) | Claudia Grigorescu (ROU) | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 (9) | Wang Huifeng (CHN) | 5 | 5 | |

### Final rounds

The fencers were reseeded a final time. Seeds 1–4 were given to the round of 8 winners, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the third round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

| F seed | R3 seed | R1 seed | O seed | Fencer | Nation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| From round of 8 ||||||
| 1 | – | – | 13 | Margherita Zalaffi | Italy |
| 2 | – | – | 15 | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo | Romania |
| 3 | – | – | 30 | Sabine Bau | Germany |
| 4 | – | – | 32 | Fiona McIntosh | Great Britain |
| From repechage round 3 ||||||
| 5 | 2 | – | 9 | Wang Huifeng | China |
| 6 | 3 | – | 23 | Giovanna Trillini | Italy |
| 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | Tatyana Sadovskaya | Unified Team |
| 8 | 4 | – | 27 | Laurence Modaine-Cessac | France |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 (13) | Margherita Zalaffi (ITA) | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 (27) | Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 (27) | Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) | 5 | 5 | | 8 (27) | Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) | 0 | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 (9) | Wang Huifeng (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 5 (9) | Wang Huifeng (CHN) | 6 | 5 | | 5 (9) | Wang Huifeng (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4 (32) | Fiona McIntosh (GBR) | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 (32) | Fiona McIntosh (GBR) | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | 5 (9) | Wang Huifeng (CHN) | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 (23) | Giovanna Trillini (ITA) | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 (30) | Sabine Bau (GER) | 3 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 (23) | Giovanna Trillini (ITA) | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 (23) | Giovanna Trillini (ITA) | 5 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 6 (23) | Giovanna Trillini (ITA) | 5 | 6 | | 6 (23) | Giovanna Trillini (ITA) | 5 | 3 | 5 | Bronze match | Bronze match | Bronze match | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| | | | | | 7 (26) | Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 (26) | Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 (26) | Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 (27) | Laurence Modaine-Cessac (FRA) | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 (15) | Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo (ROU) | 5 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 7 (26) | Tatyana Sadovskaya (EUN) | 5 | 1 | 5 |

## Final classification

| Fencer | Country |
| - | - |
| Giovanna Trillini | Italy |
| Wang Huifeng | China |
| Tatyana Sadovskaya | Unified Team |
| Laurence Modaine-Cessac | France |
| Margherita Zalaffi | Italy |
| Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo | Romania |
| Sabine Bau | Germany |
| Fiona McIntosh | Great Britain |
| Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi | Hungary |
| Olga Velichko | Unified Team |
| Anna Sobczak | Poland |
| Claudia Grigorescu | Romania |
| Zita-Eva Funkenhauser | Germany |
| Thalie Tremblay | Canada |
| Xiao Aihua | China |
| I Jeong-Suk | South Korea |
| Gertrúd Stefanek | Hungary |
| Sin Seong-Ja | South Korea |
| Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella | Italy |
| Barbara Wolnicka-Szewczyk | Poland |
| Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan | Romania |
| Isabelle Spennato | France |
| Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel | Israel |
| Gisèle Meygret | France |
| Yelena Glikina | Unified Team |
| Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza | Hungary |
| Monika Maciejewska | Poland |
| E Jie | China |
| Caitlin Bilodeaux | United States |
| Rosa María Castillejo | Spain |
| Tamara Savić-Šotra | Independent Olympic Participants |
| Renée Aubin | Canada |
| Yuko Takayanagi | Japan |
| Annette Dobmeier | Germany |
| Montserat Esquerdo | Spain |
| Mary O'Neill | United States |
| Linda Strachan | Great Britain |
| Kim Jin-sun | South Korea |
| Molly Sullivan | United States |
| Andrea Chiuchich | Argentina |
| Julia Bracewell | Great Britain |
| Sandra Giancola | Argentina |
| Yanina Iannuzzi | Argentina |
| Heidi Botha | South Africa |
| Elvia Reyes | Honduras |
| Rencia Nasson | South Africa |
